Cadmium-induced alterations in blood - Brain barrier permeability and its possible correlation with decreased microvessel antioxidant potential in rat

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 400-405

  Shukla, Arti ^b   Shukla, Girja S ^a   Srimal, R C ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidative defenses; Blood brain barrier; Cadmium; Lipid peroxidation; Microvessels; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CATALASE; CERULOPLASMIN; FLUORESCEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CATALASE; CERULOPLASMIN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029967268     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719601500507     Document Type: Article

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